#38AEA7#38AEA7

#38AEA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.103 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEA7
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 167)
HSL	hsl(176, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -33.76, -5.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 34.28, 190.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.1017 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.103 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7388, 33.9002, 41.8440)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEA7 #AE383F

analogous

#38AE6C #38AEA7 #387AAE

triadic

#38AEA7 #A738AE #AEA738

tetradic

#38AEA7 #6C38AE #AE383F #7AAE38

square

#38AEA7 #6C38AE #AE383F #7AAE38

split-complementary

#38AEA7 #AE387A #AE6C38

monochromatic

#1A514E #29807B #38AEA7 #59CAC3 #88D9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#38AEA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#38AEA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEA7

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEA7	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A5A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.103 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc6c1',
    500: '#38aea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aea7;
$custom-light: #7fc6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.441,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68478,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEA7

secondary

#C37F83

accent

#4D55DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEA7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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